Horseshoe-clamp.



A. C. PERRIER. HORSESHOE CLAMP. APPLlcATloN FILED MAY l. 191s.

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Specication of Letters ltatent. lgpgfymg@ Application filed May l,3.95.3. Serial to.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, ANDREW C. Famine, a citizen of the United States,residing at indiana, in the county of indiana and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful improvements in Horseshoe- Clamps,of which the following is a speeltication, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.,

i rThis invention relates to horseshoe clamps, and has tor its primaryobject to provide a clamping the shoe upon the hoof of the horse andwhich will edsctually hold the shoe against lateral or sidewise shittingmovement relative to the hoof, and by the use of which relatively smallfastoning nails for the shoe may be employed.

lt is another object of the invention'to provide a device for the abovepurpose which may' he easily and quickly applied to the hoot of theanimal and will rmly hold the heel ends of the shoe in place so lthatthey loose and batter or in'ure the hoof of the animal.

lt is a more particular object of theinvention to provide a horseshoeclamp consisting of clamping hars permanently welded to the oppositesides of the shoe adjacent the heels thereof to entend upwardly over thehoof, and means connecting the tree ends of the hars to tightly clampthe saine together, said clamping bars alording a support tor theanimals loot and preventing splitting or cracking of the hooi'.

With the alcove and other objects in view, the invention consists in theimproved comhination, construction and arrangement of the several partsas will be hereinafter more ilully described, subsequently claimed andillustrated in the accompanying drawing in which similar referencecharacters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,and wherein l Figure l is a side elevation showing my improved shoeclamp applied to the animals hoot; Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof;and Fig. 3 is a detail section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. l.

Referring in detail to the drawing, 5 designates the horseshoe which isof the ordinary torm and construction and is fitted to the hoof of theanimal, indicated at H, in the usual manner. 'llo the shoe 5 at oppositesides thereof and adjacent the heel ends iastening holt il is or theshoebar, the clamping hars o are pern manently welded at one ci their ends..rlhese clamping,1 hars are inwardly curved toward each other andobliquely inclined upwardly and forwardly toward the toe end ot the`shoe. @ne of the clamping bars t is provided at its upper end with ansingularly bent terminal 7, and "he corresponding; end oi the other har6 is also outwardly lient at its terminal at a slight angle with respectto said loar as shown at 8. rlhese opposed terminals of the clampmg hars6 have openings formed therethrough as at 9 and l() respectively,

Alter the hoot of the animal has heen properly trimmed, the shoe i isapplied thereto the hars d extending Jorwmdly and upwardly over thesuriace o?? the hooi. A then inserted through the `openin 9 in theangular terminal l oi one of the ars o and engaged through the openingl0 in the terminal 8 ot the other ot said clamping hars. The end portionof the holtllis then leent over and firmly clenched down upon theterminal of the latter clamping har as indicated l2. Thus the hars 6 attheir 'tree ends are securely connected togather and held in irmclamping; engagement upon the hooi on? animal. lit will he readily seenthat hy the use ci my device, lateral twisting or shitting ot the shoeupon the hooi is oloviated, and relatively small fastening nails 'forthe shoe may he em ployed, whereby the possibility o 'to the foot o theanimal is ohviated. My device also eliminates the necessity of providingthe shoe with toe clips holds the heel ends of the shoe 'rndy in place,and in addi tion, affords a hrm support for the loot of the animal sothat splitting or cracking or the hoof will likewise loe o'bviated,

From the foregoing description talren in connection with theaccompanying drawing, the construction, manner oie use and severaladvantages oi my invention will he clearly and ully understood Thedevice may he readily applied to the ordinary horseshoe hy a blacksmith,and very small additional cost. The shoe equipped with the hooi' clampcan he' very easily and quickly applied to the toot of the animal orremoved. llt is, et course, apparent that the shoes may loe made invarious sizes, and the width and length of the curved clamping 'barscorrespondingly increwed or decreased. The delilo vice is also'exceedingly durable in its construction, as welles serviceable andreliable in practical use.

`While l have herein shown and described the preferred form andconstruction of the several parts, it is to be understood that the sameare susceptible of considerable modication and l therefore reserve theprivilege of adopting all such legitimate changes as may be fairlyembodied Within the spirit and scope of vthe invention as claimed.

In combination with a horseshoe, clamping bars permanently Welded at oneof their ends to the opposite sides of the shoe adjacent the heel endsthereof, said bars being inwardly curved and obliquely inclinedforwardly at an angle of substantially 45 resserre toward the toe'o'fthe shoe7 one of said bars terminating in an singularly disposed andforwardly projecting' lug, and the other of said bars having its freeend angularly bent and obliquely disposed in convergent reletion to saidlug, said angular end of the latter bar and said lug being apertured,and a connecting bolt adapted to be disposed through the apertures andclenched upon the obliquely disposed end of the latter harto securelyclamp said bars upon the hoof of an animal,

ln testimony' whereof l hereunto aflix my signature in the presence oftwo Witnesses.

AND-REW C. FERRER. Witnesses:

PARK HAws, SAMUEL E Ymere.

